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riBtUMTSK WATCHMAN, fetakiyK Con ho Ii dated Au?, 2,1881. Yibllifctd Itwt wTtdntsday, -BT 8UMTER, 8. C. TSHM8 : $1.50 per moam?io advance. Qmn Squar? first ias?rcion.$100 Im; sabseonant insertion. 50 Ooatraets for tore* mot tbt, or ?onger wil Ii mede at redeesd ratet. ?II coeMSueieatloos which ?observe pri?ate Bstereste will becbargej for as adver tie aieots. Obtteartee aod trlbutaa of raapecU will be Gen Olivier Marches Small Force Between the British The Advance to the Trans? tut Delayed. Loodoo. March 28. 4 a m ?The Beert wrw h*iw eg o little good look ted oro oboviog eome boldoooo again 00 o raiding oerty eat tea at ad at 400 It bellowed by the Britiab foroee at Worrooloo to bovo orooood tbo Kim bovloy- Bloomtootoi o wegou rood Mooday aod to have boadod for Jeoebodel, with tbo iotootioo of oat Heg tbo railway tor Bailee weot Oommeedent Olivier appeara to bovo geHel bio 6.000 men and 25 OJlloo of waggoaa loto logged coun? try, where bo oao eaaka ao eaay rear guard delaooo. Obotleo Williame, the military oipert, eoya : ? If tbie oolomo goto tbroogb aub otoetially Uommeodaoc Olivier will bete ?orHod oot tbo groot feot of Iba vor, oooiog tbot bo ran ovory chance of being groood between tbo opper OJiMotooo of Lord Roberto* army and tbo oetbor millotone of tbo broken Boeoto frontier " Ho will bovo dooo it within 26 miloo Off oo of Lord Roberte* main etffoogtb Cortoioly it looked for o wbtlo oo tboogb Lord Roberte bold Olivior io tbo bollow of bio hand If Olivier goto through to Krooootad witb ovoo tbroo tboooaud moo it will to oo important odditloo to tbo Boer gathering tboro Hie oooapo la at trlbotobio io port to tbo worn oot oooditioo of tbo Britiob oovalry boraoa. Lord Roberta' traooport ap ri to bovo been badly dislocated tbo looo at Riet river before Oronje surrendered, of tbo wagon train ood In addition to tbla tbo army witb wblob bo propoaea to advaooe toward Pretoria io nearly double tbat of too earlier rapid movementa. Tan tbooeand traneporl, cavalry aod goo onimala are doe to arrive ot Oopo porta during tbia aod next week It it givoo oot ot Capo Town tbat Lord Roberte' advance may be de? layed for moutba Altboogb inch ototemeots ehon'il be reoeivod with rooorve it aeema poaiuve tbat be iotooda to go io Cape Towo to meet Lody Roberta, who ia doe to orrive tbere io too day*. The war office boo iatood another table of British loooea. abowiog an aggregate of 16.662, wbioh doea oot i eel ode 4 000 wbo bave been invalid? ed borne London, March 27 ? Recoooeie oooeoe of alight importance oontinoe' to bo tbo ooiy feat ore of tbo wor io South Afrioa Lord Roberta wiroa to the war 060*0e ao followo : "Bloemfontoin, Monday. 26 ? Captain Sloane Stanley of the Hiateenth Lancaetere wae slightly wounded io an affair of outponia, north of tbe Modder river Marob 26 " A diapaloh from VI azure Basuto land, 26tb aaya I "Tbe Baeotoland government ia boey collecting native a to be employ od at Bloeaifooietn in repairing and relaying reiiroade The nativea re \ rt tbot tbe Free Steter?? on the border* of Baeotoland bave return*ri to go to Kffooootad and are ataying oo their forme, aa it ia now the ploogbiog eeaeon and they are in olioed to keep tbeir land and eubmit rather tbao give it up and fight." Boer raporte fiom Natal enow no developmeoia of importance have* oc oorred tbere op to March 23 A die patch flrom too Boer camp at Glen coo, dated March 23. eaye : "No attack ia expected to be made oo tbo Boer foroee io Natal Gen Botba aod Meyer bave been joined by tbolr wivea "Pretorias with tbe patrol got be? tween oo odvaoee guard of Lancers ood tta main body Marob 22. Ooe rofoaed to surrender ood waa abot. "Gen Botha deoieo tbe reporte tbot Trooevoal womeo were wounded io tbo Tugeia treoohee Gen Buller boo coat Iba Boero o liat of tbeir woroded atatiog tbat be buried 60 or Goo Botba aaya tbia ia impoa* eibie. ao bio rolle do not abow any aoob looo " A Lodyamitb special eaye : "Boer pat role endeavored to trap ejetty o tbo Thirteenth Hooaaro Ifereb % et WooObook A bot aprll. 1860. "Be Jus SUMr. chase ensued Several Boers were wounded The same dispatch says : "A printed document bss been giving the Boer losses at Spion kop at over 2 500, bot this can scarcely be credited." Advices todsy from Capo Town say : "Reins sre general throughout South Africa aad rivers which have been dry for years are being flooded. Many csodds are transformed into swamps This will still more miltate against an immediate British ad vaoce Sickness among the Boer prisoners oo the transports is in creating Three deaths occurred March 26 The bodies were boried by the British with the Transvaal flagon the coffins The leading Duch of Simonstowo attended the funeral Typhoid fever alone claims 100 victims among the Srisoners and the population of imoostown fear an epidemic The bond at a meeting at Pearl, March 26 atteoded by several mem? bers of the Gape eeeembly, passed reeolotions regretting that the Cape government waa not consulted before the war and declaring that the settle? ment which did not reapect the iode pendenoe of the repoblice would be detrimental to the highest interests of the Britieh empire Mr Hargrove, the ohief speaker prophesied revolo tloo with eix years unless iudepen denee war granted and Assemblyman Marale characterized the war as a continuation of the Jamison raid. Ten Mtlei a Day About the Best Average to be Ex? pected. London, March 29, 5 15 a m.? Lord Roberta baa sent 10.000 troops to Glen, 10 miles north of Bloemfon tein. oo tbe railway. This is prelim inary to the general advance Im roense quantities of stores have now been acoomulsted at Bloemfontein, aod Lord Roberta' infantry ie seem ingly about to move An impres? sion whioh oan be traeed 'to tbe war office is abroad that tbe adeaooe will begin next Monday Boer observa? tion parties are hovering near Bloemfontein, bot Lord Roberta hae 136 mi lee to cover before reaching the great poeition which tbe Boers ere preparing at Kroonstadt Moving ten miles a day is proba bly the bsst he oan do with field transport Therefore he oan hardly engage the B ?ere in foree for two weeks Tbe reconstruction of the railway behind bim may even delay an ir.vaaioo of tbe Transvaal until May. Meanwhile all tho important towns in the Free State, within Lord Rob erta' reach are being garrisoned Thaba Nchu, Pbiilipolis, Fooresmith aod Jagerafoiitein are thua held Sir Alfred Milner ie touring in tbe disturbed newly acquired territory investigating oooditiooa and arrang ing tbe administration He is under etood to be getting materials for a report to Mr < hamberlain concerning a plan of civil government All tbe morning papers piint singularly kind editorials ooooemiug Gen Joobert They praise bis mil itary skill, uphold his chivalrous oonduct, and regret that so strong aod moderate a mind should be absent from the final settlement of the dispute. Although some of the younger commanders thought the old soldier wanting in dash and entepri*e. his raid into the country south of the Togels is considered the best piece of Boer leadership durin the whole war It in now known that he crossed the Tugela with only 3,000 riflemen and six gtiio*, but so bold snd rapid were his movements that the British com matiders thought 10,000 Boers were I marching on Pietermaritzburg Foi a few days, although in the pres I enne of greatly superior forces he isolated Gen Hildyard'a brigade at Kit court and at tbe ssm > time threatened Gen Barton s camp at Mooi river. Then as British rein forcements were pushed up, Joubert reorossed the Tugela without losing a prisoner, wagon or gun Gen White's estimate of him, pro noonced oo Toesdsy before he died, as a gsntleman and a brave and honorab e opponent, strikes tbe tone of oil British commeot. The foreign office, according to the Daily Chronicle, is arraoging with Portugal for some thousands of Brit? ish troops to be landed at Beira and aent bv the Rhodesia railway from Massi Kesse to Umtali A perms oent arrangement ia understood to exist for tbe use of tbia route to transfer tbe Rhodesia police Tbe possibility of foreign protest is sug gested by the Daily Chronicle Among the Items cabled from Preto ria is a statemeot that prominent res? idents there objeot to a defense of Pretoria aod deaire that President Kroger should retire to Lydeoburg It ia alleged that tbe principsl build ings at Jobsuoesboig have been oo dermioed by order of Kr?ger. hm an t and Fear not?Let all the Ends thou a rER. s. a. WEDNES KR?GER MAY TAKE COMMAND Brussels, March 28 ?A private dispatch has been received her? from Pretoria which says that President Kruger will now take chief command of the Transvaal forcee. GEN JO?BERT DIES AT PRE? TORIA. Lorenzo Marques, March 28.? Gen Jnubert is dead Pretoria, March 28.?Gen Joubcrt died last night at 11 30 o'clock He had been Buffering from a etomacb complaint The town is plunged into mourn? ing for the true patriot, gallant gen eral and upright and honorable gen? tleman London, Maroh 29 ?The Pretoria correspondent of the Daily Mail, tel? egraphing yeetarday, aaye : 1 Gen Joobert died of peritonitis The funeral will take place tomorrow (Thursday) The government is pleading with the widow to allow a temporary interment here, with a ataie funeral Jonbert always ex? pressed a deeire to be buried in a mausoleum built on his farm. "His successor in the chief com mend will probably be Gen Lewie Botha, now commanding in Natal " London. Mareb 80. 4 a m ? The B 'ere are concentrating in force about 15 mile* north of Bloemfootein in the rear of Glen and Lord Roberts is send? ing forward troops to engage them. The Seventh infantry division and part of Gen Freneb's cavalry hate been sent op tn join the Fourreeotb brigade and the two cavalry regiments that are holding Glen and its environs It does not seem probable tbst the Boers will give serioos battle in the fairly open oonotry north of Gen Still, their evident strength indioatet more than a oorps of observation. In small affairs the Boers are daring ly aggressive in ail parts of the field of war The Jobannesborg Mounted Poiioe, esteemed by the Boers to be their best mounted oommando, are raiding the country near Bloemfootein, harrassiog the farmers, who have given op their arms to the British, aod carry? ing off eattle There is a Boer report from Natal ihat a Russian soldier of fortuoe, Col Gaoo'iki, with a hoodred horsemen, is operating close to the British outposts rn the western border The Boeis have reoocupied Campbell and are in strength n?ar Taungs and Birkly West They shelled the British camp at Warrenton Wednesday, but rooted out of range that night Yes terday (Thursday) two British goos pi fi adcd tho B#or tretiohes, quieting 'h-'ir Mausere Lord Methoen and the forces that that been operating in the Barkley dis -ftot have been recalled to Kimberloy by Lord Roberts No explanation has beeo given for this, but the mounted troops aro dissatisfied a*, bating beon ordered hack. The Boers and disloyalists at Ken hardt have beon dispersed and oaused to retreat Gen Parsons is about to eater the towo unopposed i Lord Roberts is making extensive arrangements to poline and safeguard all the Free State towns in the territory ? copied Dispatobes from Maseru aapert that the Boers who returned to Ltdybraod from Cloooelao have taken op strong positions and sent piokets far in etery direotioo to watob Barutolaod, in the eipeotation that part of Gen Boiler's army will intade the Free S ate on that side Aoeording to Pretoria adtioet, Mafe kiog was bombarded for seten bcurs on Toes ey It is rep rtnd In London, in all wc'l informed q larter*. that Lord Kttohenei w II ho olT-red tho post of commander in-ohiet in India, succeeding the late Sir William Lookhart, ho soon as dcois ite snootSHos hate beon obtained in tbc Trar staal and that Gen Sir Arobibald Hu fer will nuooeeed him as Lird Roberts* ohief of staff The Indian in ??.p?P"rs bate been urging Kitchen? er's appointment London, March 29 ?A dispatch from Bioemfonteio published in The Times dated Wednesday, Maroh 28. dwell* opou the boeessity for not mak? ing a premature adtaooe from this oap ital This correspondent, who on sot eral occasions seemed to hate been ohosen ss the moutbpieoe of Lord Roberts, cables : "It should be clearly understood that tbe present halt in the tioioity of Bloemfootein is absolutely nroessary as a military preoautioo It should be borne in mind that we are about to eater on a new phase of the operations with ths main coro mooica nons through a receotly occupied ho* tile eoootry and that the reoent soo ooeftea necessitated a great expenditure of bcrse power. Hero and in Natal we shall mote on the oommenrement of tbe South Afrioao winter aod must be prepared to face tbo effects of tbe fir?t cold opon snob anmials as may be sffeotod with borse siekoess. It would be soioidal to posh troops forward till they are equipped to i&eet the exposure of winter. Horses, slothing aod food we most have." 1 rVims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's a DAY. APRIL 4, 190C The correspondent, adds that the Boor forces havo beeo reeqoipped and says he Is fully convinced that 15,000 foroign troops have been landed to aid the republio. A deputation of Dutch ohuroh min? isters had an sudienoe with Premier Schreiner at Cape Town today. The ministers urged tho separation of the sick and well Boer prisor.es and asked that the siok be not sent to St Helena, Mr Sohreioor replied that he had no powers in such matters, but would use bis friendly offices. He added that he had made strong representations to the imperial government against sending the prisoners to St Helena but without I SU03668. It is rumored that the prison trans? ports will sail for St Heleoa at the end of this week. Roberts Pushes Forward a Large Foroe Against Boers. ONE HUNDRED BR TI8H SOL? DIERS KILLED. London, Maroh 31, 4 15 a. m? The bead of the army of Lord Roberts is now about 21 miles oorth of Bloem fontsin. It oooopies a oluster of bills woo from the Boers after a stiff fight, in whiob the British lost seven officers and 100 men. The Boers had boon using these kopjes as a base for marauding baods that havo been beating op the country adjaesot to Bloemfooteio for supplies, Griving off oattle and forotog non resistant Free Staters into their ranks again. The enemy must have been in ooosidorablo foroe as Lnrd Roberts sent 8,000 tofaotry and 3 000 osvslry against them. Lord Roberts' progress to Pretoria will probably ooosist of a series of such forwsrd movements, in wbioh Boer positions will bs attaoked by a portion of the army advaooiog rapidly with wheel transport, the main army com? iog up as the railway is repaired. Lord Robsrts is strippiog the foross in the minor spheres of operations of their wagons and transport animals in order to hasten ths advanes. This is understood to bs the roasoo why he rsoalled Lord Metboeo from Barkly West to Kimbsrley. Lord Roberts bad to have Methuen's transport. Tho reason why a hot obase was not msds after Commandant Olivier is that Lord Roberts did not wish to woar out ths oavslry transport Geo French lost 3 000 horses in tho relief of Kimberley sod the pursuit of Geu Crenje. Lord Roberts lost 3,000 transport osttle at Watervaal drift, and it is estimated that be has lost 4,000 other animals since the forward movemeot began oo Fob 13 The rebellion throughout the north? west districts of Ct.pe Colony is almost suppressed Tho Goth will si.il tomorrow (Satur day) with 600 men for St Helena to guard Gen Cronje and 4.000 prisoners. BLOEMFONTEIN THREATENED London, Maroh 31.?A dispatob to Ths Daily Cbroniole from Lsdysmith, dated Maroh 30, says : 4'Much interest is felt in ths civil oass of former Uoited States Consul Maorum against tho postmaster at Fietermaritiburg for an alleged brsacn of oootraot in band ing over his private letters to the military authorities to open. Judgment is eipeoted tomorrow. Tho Bloemfootein correspondent of The Daily Chronicle telegraphing Thursday, March 20, says : "President Kruger's latest proclamation warns the womeo and children to leave Bloemfoo? tein within fivo days as he intends to bombard and destroy the oity and to shoot the burghers whom he captures there. "Vigorous measures have been taken by the British to harrass marauding baods of Traubvaal Boers Tbe latter aro resorting to guerrilla methods, chiefly against Free Staters who refuse to joio Kruger." The Fight at Brandfort. Bloemfontem March 30.?The at? tack upon tbe Boers holding tbe kopjes near Kaaro siding station, a few miles South of Brandfort, was made by Tucker's Seventh di vision with the cooperation of of French's cavalry. The attacking troops included a large force of Aus traliane. Col Knight, with 400 New South Wales mounted infantry includ? ed in Legaillai brigade, attacked the right flank A long chain of Kopjes was held by the Boers and there was severe firing all along tbe line of at tack. The approach was very steep, like a fortress and the troops were nuable to make headway until the infantry made an attack upon the front Tbe cavalry went round tbe right flank of the Boers and used their Vickers M^xira freely. An army hospital was established in a cottage onder the nhelter of a large kopje. The Boer sheila came right over the kopjes and landed near the hospital, which it wsa necessary to evsooate Tbe Boers slowly re* treated upon Brandfort, taking their dead and wounded with them Meisnwbile the caval ry, including the ind Truth's." tb* i ). New Australian Horse and the Sydney Lancers under Capt Cox, brigaded wilb Porter's brigade. The Carbi neers, Scots Greys and the Inniskill ings received a severe shell fire. The Boers had evidently marked the range, aod when the troops advanced the enemy's fire was less accurate. The colonials displayed great cool? ness under fire Maoy horses were killed in the cavalry's flunk attack The Boers fled and all our troops pushed forward and now hold an ex cellent position upon the large kopjes recently held by the Boers The farmers are in the laager fight ing, leaving the women and children on the farms, which they are confident the English will not touch Many of these farmers would surrender their arms but for the fear that the Johannesburg police would attack their farms in revenge for doing so The Boers are known to hold Brandfort in some strength, probably 5,000 Reenforcements are afraid to move direct to their support and are content with holding their posi tion, which is threatened by the cavalry advance fTbe whole action was rather in -ig nificant Many regiments received their baptism of fire and showed splendid coolness We have now secured a fine position facing the huge plain before Brandfort DIVISION OP PACIFIC." The Military Powers of Otis Curtailed. Washington, March 27 ?Seoretary Riot today took a step contemplating the administration of the Philippine* by directing the creation of an entirely new military division to be known as the "division of the Pacifio" embracing all the Philippines arcbipelego. Tbe division in tarn is to be divided into four military depsrtmeot as follows: The department of northern Latoo, oommsoded by Gen MoArthur ; the department of soutbero Lasoo, com? manded by Gee Hughes, aod tbe department of Mindanao aod Jolo com? manded by Gen Kobbe. Major General Otis will retain the supreme eommaod over these departments as division cammander ; occupying toward tbem a position corresponding olosely to tbst occupied by General Miles towards the military departments in tbe United States. It is said at the war depart? ment that the purpose of tbe new crder of things is to free General 0 \s of tbe many minor details iooideot to the administration of the island, leaving bim at liberty to devote more time to larger questions of policy aod civil administration Tbe oabioet approved the proposition today Standard Cotton Bales Savannah, Ga, March 28 ?Tbe Savannah cotton exchange is sending out a circular letter respecting cotton bsling, giving a new rule with res pect to bales which is to go into effect with the beginning of tbe next cotton year. Tbe circular says that oo and after Sept 1, 1900, "all sales of cotton in square bales shall be based on packages of stand ard size (24 by 54 inches) and when bales of other dimensions are tender ed for delivery an allowance of 25 cents per bale shali be made to the buyer by the seller on such cotton " Copies of tbe above rule are being sent to the various exchanges of tbe Uuited States, requestieg their co operation, and to farmers, ginnore, merchants, newspapers and others interested in the general adoption of a uniform size cotton bale. The Galveston cotton exchange ha* prac? tically adopted the rule. The capital invested by Southern cotton mills is from $125 000,000 to $150,000,000 and the Machinery for these mills ha? been invariably bought iu tbe north and Europe Tbe futuro promises a vast inorease in iovcHtments of tbin kind by the South, yet there \* not a single manufacturer of textile machinery in the Southern States to day Atlanta seems to be taking a step in this tiircotioo snd is now organ? ising a company to be capitalized at (500.000 for tbe purpose of maoufao toriog textilo maobiocry.?Aodersoo Daily Mail The Norfolk and Western R R. has passed into the bauds of the Pennsyl? vania Railway, that syndioao having acquired a majority of tbe etook of tbe N. & W. ~ AosouiTEiy I Makes the food more de apvai sagen) eova rKUB SOUTH KON, Established Jone 13*6 Series-VoL XIX. No. 36 The Porto Rico Tariff. Free Trade With Internal Tax on Rum and Tobacco. Washington, March 28 ?Tbeseoate today agreed to vote o^ the Porto Rieo government aod tonn* bill Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'eiooK. An important utterance was made later in the day on the bill by Mr Davis, of Mionesota. He advooated free trade between tba United States aod Porto Rico aod urged tbe neoeas'.ry money to be raised by taxation be by an internal revenue tax levied upon rum and tobacco pro? duced oo the island This system, in his opinion, wocid better soit the peopie> of the United States sod those of Porto Rico than the proposed tariff, aod woold be just, equitable aod constitu? tional. Tbe amendment offered by Mr Carter to tbe Alaskan code bill relatiog to mining for gold under the waters of Cape Nome was agreed to. but no further progress was made with tho measure The oonfereooe report on,tbe measure providing additional amounts to supply urgent deficiencies was sgreed to A successful ?ffort was made by Mr Foraker to fix a time for a vote on the Porto Rioao tariff and government bill. Mr Baooo, of Georgia, suggested tomorrow, aod Mr Proctor, of Vermont, oext Tuesday afternoon Tbe latter was agreed to The Alaskan oode bill was taken op, and Mr Carter's amendment tffered yesterday was adopted without division. Consideration of the Porto Rico bill was theo resumed, the peodiog question being upon the free silver ooioage amendment offered by Mr. Morgan. The amendment was defeated?15 to 33 Large Majority Refuse to Strike out 15 per Cent Tariff. Waehington, March 29.?The direct vote wae taken by the senate today on the proposition to strike from the Pnerto Rico measure the provision levying 15 per cent of tbe Diogley law duties upon Puerto Rico products Tbe proposition was de? feated by a vote of 16 to 33 While the vote is regsrded as pre? saging the passage of the pending measure it is not regsrded ss indica? ting tbe final vote on tbe bill. Tbe feature of the debate today was the speech of Mr Beveridge of of Indiana While be advocated re? ciprocity between the United States and Puerto Rico, ho announced that if all efforts to secure free trade should fail he would support the pending bill Tbe bill was under discussion throughout the session, several important amendments being sgreed to. The conference report on the di? plomatic and consular apppropriation bill was sgreed to by the senate soon after it convened. A concurrent resolution offered by Mr Culberson of Te^as, directing tbe secretary of wsr snd the secretary of the navy to keep "seasonably advis? ed" the families of wounded soldiers snd sailors of tbe condition of tbe men, vae sgreed to Important Railroad Deal. New York Maroh 28 ?The Evening Post today says : ' It n:ay be stated on very excellent authority that tb^ ?>rora ? ion of the Richmond, Preset iekewOfg and Potosjae will h<? taken over bv the Pennsylvania and Biirimore an "< Oaio, whether these roadl wi;l act separately or jointly is not yet settled, but ths Richmond Lino trill hereafter he domi? nated by these two companies, ?biah heretofore have us. d it as a connection for the south. {< t-xiend* from Rioh uiocd north to Qiaonco, Vs, 80 miles, oo ibe Potomao river, where it o-ntoocts with the Peeotjlveote's lino to Wash? ington. It t? aho uted by the Atlantic Oca i Line, and 'he Seaboard Air Line ic securing a charter at the rcoeot session of tbe Virginia legislature for a ptrollsl line from Richmond to Wash? ington has brought the company's u(I*irs before the public There is a possibsH ty that the new oootrol of tbe property which may bo taken as practically established, will make it possible to efieot some arrangement by whioh ths possibility of boildiog of this proposed parallel line will not be undertaken." Clemsoo College defeated Cornell University at Clemsou yesterday in tbe first ball game of tho season by a score of 9 to 7 L Baking Powder ?vre Maas and wholesome >ta co., wtw voatc